dally

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdæli/ Homophone: DALY Rhymes: -æli === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dalien, from Anglo-Norman delaier. Doublet of delay. ==== Verb ==== dally (third-person singular simple present dallies, present participle dallying, simple past and past participle dallied) To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. Synonyms: dawdle, dilly-dally; see also Thesaurus:loiter (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet Synonyms: feel up, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle 2024, The November Nethack Tournament achievements Dally with a foocubus To delay unnecessarily; to while away. Synonym: kill time ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Possibly from Spanish dale vuelta (“twist it around”) by law of Hobson-Jobson, from dale + la + vuelta. ==== Noun ==== dally (plural dallies) Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. ==== Verb ==== dally (third-person singular simple present dallies, present participle dallying, simple past and past participle dallied) To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal ==== References ==== "Spanish Additions to the Cowboy Lexicon from 1850 to the Present" by Heather A. Robles. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== dally (plural dallies) (India) Alternative form of dolly (“offering of fruit or flowers”). === Anagrams === d'y'all, y'all'd